Justice Quotes

Jun 19, 2020 | Character Quotables | 1 comment

“Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable… Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.”

-Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Fairness is man’s ability to rise above his prejudices.”

-Wes Fessler

“Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.”

-Pope John Paul II

“Exclusion is never the way forward on our shared paths to freedom and justice.”

-Desmond Tutu

“Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.”

-Dwight D. Eisenhower

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

-Martin Luther King, Jr.

“The future which we hold in trust for our own children will be shaped by our fairness to other people’s children.”

-Marian Wright Edelman

“The ‘Bird’s Nest’ National Stadium, which I helped to conceive, is designed to embody the Olympic spirit of ‘fair competition.’ It tells people that freedom is possible but needs fairness, courage and strength.”

-Ai Weiwei

“The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.”

-Aristotle

“Fairness is what justice really is.”

-Potter Stewart

“Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his own eyes.”

-Daniel Defoe

“The aim of justice is to give everyone his due.”

-Cicero

“In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.”

-Albert Einstein

“I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.”

-Abraham Lincoln

“Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.”

-George Washington

“If you want peace work for justice.”

-Pope Paul VI

“I know, up on top you are seeing great sights, but down here at the bottom we, too, should have rights.”

-Dr. Seuss, Yertle the Turtle

“Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you.”

-H. Jackson Brown, Jr.